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ENL 3513
ENGLISH LITERATURE
COURSE DESCRIPTION
A survey of English literature from Middle English
to the Romantic Period, emphasis overall on the
Elizabethan and Romantic periods, relating the
influences of each period to its literary
achievements. A short sample of all major authors-
Langland, Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Marlowe,
Milton, Pope, Dryden, Wordsworth; Coleridge, will
be studied
TEXT
Selected works from The Norton Anthology of
English Literature by Abrams, Donaldson,
Smith, Adams, Monk, Lipking, Ford, and
Daiches
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week I: Course introduction; background review
Week II: Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. 1343-1400); The Canterbury Tales
Week III: Sir Thomas More (1478-1535); Utopia
Week IV: Edmund Spenser (1552-1599); The Shepherds Calendar
Week V: Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593); The Passionate Shepherd
to His Love Week VI: John Milton (1608-1674); When I Consider How
My Light Is Spent
Week VII: John Dryden (1631-1700); Annus Mirabilis (London Reborn)
Week VIII: Mid term Week-No class
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week IX: Alexander Pope (1688-1744); The Universal Prayer
Week X: William Blake (1757-1827); To the Evening Star
Week XI: Robert Burns (1759-1796); A Red, Red Roses
Week XII: William Wordsworth (1770-1850); I Wandered Lonely as a
Cloud
Week XIII: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834); Sonnet to the
River Otter; The Eolian Harp; Final assignment
Weeks XIV&XV: Presentation on Shakespeare's works
Week XVI: Final submission
EVALUATION
Class attendance and discussion 10%
Individual presentation 20%
Group presentation 20%
Presentation on Shakespeare's works
30%
Final 20%
GEOFFREY CHAUCER (CA. 1343-1400)
SIR THOMAS MORE (1478 – 1535)
EDMUND SPENSER (1552 – 1599)
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564 – 1593)
JOHN MILTON (1608 – 1674)
JOHN DRYDEN (1631 – 1700)
ALEXANDER POPE (1688 – 1744)
WILLIAM BLAKE (1757 – 1827)
ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796)
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770 – 1850 )
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772 – 1834)
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